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  1. overthwartpreposition

    From one side to the other of; across.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. OVERTHWARTadjective

    Etymology: over and thwart.

    We whisper, for fear our overthwart neighbours
    Should hear us, and betray us to the government. Dryd.

    Two or three acts disposed them to cross and oppose any proposition; and that overthwart humour was discovered to rule in the breasts of many. Edward Hyde.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Overthwart

    ō-vėr-thwawrt′, v.t. to lie athwart: to cross.—adj. opposite, transverse: contrary, perverse.—prep. across, on the other side of.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overthwart in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overthwart in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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